Animal blog posts about animals, wildlife, animal related subjects and animal art by Annabel Potter
You may have guessed from the title my rescue cat is now with me and I was greeted with lots of meows! I’ve called her Lottie, the third consideration after Bella and Millie. She was found in a shopping car park, is between 1-2 yrs old and had been with Cats Protection for 3 months. …
Three of the H animals got votes this week- hedgehog, hippopotamus and hare. I’ve not done the hare yet, been distracted with getting a rescue cat but that’s another post! I have painted a hippo mixed media ACEO and hedgehog canvas, which can apparently both be classed as SFA. A new term I’ve learnt this …
This weeks alphabet challenge is the letter H and I found this cute hedgehog video to show you. As voting went down well last week, I thought I’d put it to the vote again. Please do choose which animal you’d like me to paint this week and put any suggestions for businesses connected to animals whose …
Thank you to everyone that voted in my alphabet challenge and giraffe won the day with gazelle getting some votes too. However I was on a roll this week, so ended up painting a gorilla too! Here they are with all the animals painted with glass paint, as usual. I don’t think I’ve got the giraffe quite …
Week 7 already, time definitely flies when you’re having fun! This week is the letter G, which means lots of choice, so I definitely need your help to decide which one to paint! Please do vote in the poll below before Thursday. [polldaddy poll=7419270] In Exeter and the English Riviera there are gorillas to be found all over …
I’ve just returned from a lovely short break away in Suffolk, visiting a friend who I don’t see that often because it’s a 6 hour journey. A long way in the UK! Hence I painted this flamingo before I went, for my letter F challenge. It is an ACEO (art card editions and originals 3.5 …
Week 5 of my challenge was more challenging with not so many animals to choose from! Thank you to those who gave me suggestions. I decided an elephant would look quite good on a decanter, with his trunk reaching around the neck. Getting the colour correct and solid enough took quite a few layers of …
